Appendix Table A.
Descriptive statistics for foreign-born Latinos by legal status, 2007 RWJF/Pew Hispanic Healthcare Survey (n=2783)
| Naturalized Citizen (n=974) |
Legal Permanent Resident (n=1066) |
Neither citizen nor LPR, with government ID (n=445) |
Neither citizen nor LPR, without government ID (n=298) |
Tests of significant difference |
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mean (standard deviation) |
mean (standard deviation) |
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| Age, y | 49.9 (16.3) | 41.5 (12.9) | 35.8 (10.6) | 33.7 (10.3) | F=174.4 | *** | ||||
| Years in the U.S. | 26.5 (13.9) | 15.2 (9.8) | 9.4 (6.5) | 7.4 (5.6) | F=418.8 | *** | ||||
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| Female | 502 | (50.5) | 532 | (46.4) | 198 | (43.8) | 135 | (44.8) | χ2=8.0 | * |
| Married/union | 652 | (67.4) | 739 | (67.6) | 310 | (68.6) | 184 | (61.2) | χ2=6.9 | |
| At least one child < 18 | 414 | (46.3) | 663 | (63.2) | 322 | (72.2) | 197 | (66.0) | χ2=146.4 | *** |
| High school completion/diploma or more | 540 | (58.9) | 449 | (43.6) | 160 | (35.8) | 105 | (36.9) | χ2=71.7 | *** |
| Employed | 565 | (60.5) | 715 | (69.0) | 317 | (69.6) | 202 | (65.7) | χ2=31.0 | *** |
| English proficient/bilingual | 465 | (51.1) | 313 | (30.6) | 117 | (26.2) | 66 | (25.1) | χ2=117.7 | *** |
| U.S. region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 162 | (15.8) | 138 | (12.3) | 50 | (9.6) | 32 | (10.7) | ||
| Northcentral | 64 | (6.1) | 74 | (6.7) | 39 | (7.8) | 27 | (8.3) | ||
| South | 335 | (36.7) | 356 | (36.5) | 153 | (37.1) | 97 | (35.0) | ||
| West | 413 | (41.4) | 498 | (44.5) | 203 | (45.5) | 142 | (46.0) | χ2=18.5 | * |
| Mexican (versus Central/South American, Caribbean) | 577 | (58.3) | 734 | (68.2) | 333 | (76.1) | 253 | (82.8) | χ2=74.2 | *** |
| Health and healthcare | ||||||||||
| Excellent/very good/good self-rated health | 614 | (63.8) | 644 | (61.9) | 266 | (60.9) | 177 | (61.1) | χ2=1.88 | |
| Health insurance coverage | 740 | (75.7) | 630 | (57.1) | 180 | (43.1) | 83 | (26.3) | χ2=293.3 | *** |
| Past-year health care | ||||||||||
| No cross-border care/no past-year U.S. doctor visit | 125 | (12.9) | 198 | (18.9) | 139 | (31.6) | 102 | (37.1) | ||
| Past year cross-border care, with or without past-year U.S. doctor visit | 123 | (13.1) | 120 | (10.4) | 17 | (4.0) | 20 | (6.0) | ||
| Past year U.S. doctor visit, without cross-border care | 726 | (73.9) | 748 | (70.7) | 289 | (64.4) | 176 | (56.9) | χ2=118.3 | *** |
| Blood pressure check, past two years | 802 | (81.6) | 825 | (75.4) | 299 | (66.0) | 198 | (66.1) | χ2=55.3 | *** |
| Blood sugar check, past five years | 771 | (78.4) | 751 | (67.0) | 269 | (60.1) | 160 | (54.6) | χ2=99.4 | *** |
| Cholesterol check, past five years | 785 | (78.9) | 734 | (67.3) | 251 | (54.2) | 142 | (44.5) | χ2=155.8 | *** |
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p<.05,
**
p<.01,
***
p<.001